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A traveler at the gates of wisdom : a novel / John Boyne.
"This story starts with a family. For now, it is a father and a mother with two sons. One with his father's violence in his blood. One with his mother's artistry. One leaves. One stays. They will be joined by others whose deeds will determine their fate. It is a beginning. Their stories will intertwine and evolve over the course of two thousand years. They will meet again and again at different times and in different places. From Palestine at the dawn of the first millennium and journeying across fifty countries to a life amongst the stars in the third, the world will change around them, but their destinies remain the same. It must play out as foretold"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780593230152 (hardcover)
- ISBN: 0593230159
- Physical Description: xiii, 458 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First U.S. edition.
- Publisher: London ; Hogarth, an imprint of Random House, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in hardcover in the United Kingdom by Doubleday, an imprint of Transworld Publishers, a Penguin Random House UK company, in 2020"--Title page verso. |
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| Subject: | Space and time > Fiction. Fate and fatalism > Fiction. Revenge > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Domestic fiction. Historical fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Kenton County.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Covington Branch | BOYNE J (Text) | 33126024451472 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
John Boyne is the author of twelve novels for adults, six for younger readers, and a collection of short stories. In his native Ireland, he has won three Irish Book Awards and been shortlisted on thirteen separate occasions. He has also won or been shortlisted for a host of international literary awards, including a Stonewall Honor Award and a Lambda Literary Award. A regular participant in international literary festivals, he has also been a member of the jury for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the Costa Book Award, and in 2015 he chaired the jury for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. His novels have been published in over fifty languages.